Bay Harbour is acting as a stalking-horse, or lead bidder. From Wordnik.com. [Bay Harbour Buys Steve & Barry's] Reference
Death should never be a stalking-horse to political fights and aims. From Wordnik.com. [Kennedy 'expected more of us' on health care, Dodd says] Reference
Vilsack is just a DLC stalking-horse for Hillary, their poster girl. From Wordnik.com. [Vilsack Kicks Off ‘08 Bid - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
A stalking-horse bid is the one that others must top to be declared the final winner. From Wordnik.com. [Drama Remains for GGP] Reference
The Ministry had their candidate, a stalking-horse, useful only to receive the purely. From Wordnik.com. [Albert Savarus] Reference
He uses his folly like a stalking-horse and under the presentation of that he shoots his wit. From Wordnik.com. [As You Like It] Reference
So this piece might be a stalking-horse by GLloyd Rowsey on Monday, Jan 12, 2009 at 9: 10: 15 AM. From Wordnik.com. [Krugman's War On Liberty] Reference
Simon has said it won't continue in the bidding if the Brookfield group wins stalking-horse status. From Wordnik.com. [General Growth Spurns Offer] Reference
For the same reason, the passions are the principal theme of poets and the stalking-horse of actors. From Wordnik.com. [Essays of Schopenhauer] Reference
After a stalking-horse agreement, other companies have a chance at topping the initial bidder's offer. From Wordnik.com. [Ericsson Powers Up U.S. Presence With Nortel Deal] Reference
The problem is that a “robust public option” really is a stalking-horse for a single-payer system. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Strange Death of the Public Option] Reference
Noailles intrigued against it; but his object was to use Elizabeth as a stalking-horse for Mary Stewart. From Wordnik.com. [England under the Tudors] Reference
A court hearing is set for March 8 to approve the tandem of Five Mile and Lehman as stalking-horse bidders. From Wordnik.com. [Hotel REIT Hangs 'For Sale' Sign] Reference
But reformation for my stalking-horse, I hope, will be a sure, though a slow method to effect all my purposes. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
I take no delight in the stalking-horse, for I catch such cold that I am like to founder myself at that sport. From Wordnik.com. [Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel] Reference
Thus, Simon would aim to submit its bid prior to April 28 to win stalking-horse status for itself, these people said. From Wordnik.com. [General Growth Offer Has Deadline] Reference
But the unwisdom of the king serves him for a stalking-horse while secretly he pursues the goal of his private ambition. From Wordnik.com. [The Growth of English Drama] Reference
So has a stalking-horse challenge against Brown himself, of the sort that Anthony Meyer mounted against Margaret Thatcher. From Wordnik.com. [Yesterday's man?] Reference
‘Mean time reformation shall be my stalking-horse; some one of the women in London, if I can get her hither, my bird.’. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
For its part, Simon has said it will drop out of the bidding if it doesn't win stalking-horse status instead of Brookfield. From Wordnik.com. [GGP Selects Brookfield Group] Reference
This favourite stalking-horse of incendiary politics is but the secret hiding-place of retreat from the "force of government.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 54, No. 338, December 1843] Reference
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper is scheduled to rule April 28 on whether the Brookfield-led offer gets stalking-horse status. From Wordnik.com. [General Growth Offer Has Deadline] Reference
He suspected that a burning desire for revenge held her steady in the day-to-day strain of being "staked out" like a stalking-horse. From Wordnik.com. [Widows and Orphans] Reference
"He uses his folly as a stalking-horse, under cover of which he shoots his wit;" and fully deserves the encomium bestowed upon him by. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Pantomime] Reference
I was not sure that these Godoroth were not just slick con artists with a little hedge wizardry, aiming to use me as a stalking-horse. From Wordnik.com. [Petty Pewter Gods]
They had made use of the doctrines as a stalking-horse. From Wordnik.com. [The Inside of the Cup — Complete] Reference
Last month Ciena made a stalking-horse offer for these assets of. From Wordnik.com. [FinanzNachrichten.de: Aktuelle Nachrichten] Reference
The stalking-horse is still part of the sporting equipment of some old. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist on the Thames] Reference
The stalking-horse bid set a floor price, but Nortel was free to seek higher offers. From Wordnik.com. [Reuters: Top News] Reference
Last month Ciena made a stalking-horse offer for these assets of Nortel Networks Corp. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Genband had emerged as the stalking-horse bidder for the Nortel assets in December, with a. From Wordnik.com. [San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal] Reference
Gerald wanted her to be attached to the household at Shortlands, he was using Winifred as his stalking-horse. From Wordnik.com. [Women in Love] Reference
Four Heard dealerships have sold, two of them going to "stalking-horse" bidders and two going for higher amounts at the auction. From Wordnik.com. [Ledger-Enquirer: Breaking News] Reference
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